Music with a difference - Drumming by Peter Crann
School Tour 2021
Greeks
This term we were looking at Ancient Greece in history. We made timelines about the Greeks and we loved exploring Ancient Greece on Google Maps!
This term we were looking at Ancient Greece in history. We made timelines about the Greeks and we loved exploring Ancient Greece on Google Maps!
Science Week
We had an action packed Science Week this year. First, we did the Cell Explorers experiment to extract DNA from a banana! It was a lot of fun learning about DNA and using scientific equipment. We also made and presented projects on famous scientists – lots of people researched female scientists such as Ada Lovelace and Marie Curie. We also looked at heat and how some materials are insulators and come are conductors of heat. We designed and made cup warmers using the best materials to keep heat inside the cups to keep drinks warm. We looked at materials and reactions too which was a lot of fun – we made Elephant Toothpaste and made a rocket using Diet Coke and Mentos.
We had an action packed Science Week this year. First, we did the Cell Explorers experiment to extract DNA from a banana! It was a lot of fun learning about DNA and using scientific equipment. We also made and presented projects on famous scientists – lots of people researched female scientists such as Ada Lovelace and Marie Curie. We also looked at heat and how some materials are insulators and come are conductors of heat. We designed and made cup warmers using the best materials to keep heat inside the cups to keep drinks warm. We looked at materials and reactions too which was a lot of fun – we made Elephant Toothpaste and made a rocket using Diet Coke and Mentos.
Art
We spent a lot of time this term looking at sculptors. We then went and made our own clay heads using different techniques. When they were dry, we painted them. We think they turned out fantastic!
We also sketched and painted one of our favourite Christmas characters – The Grinch!
We spent a lot of time this term looking at sculptors. We then went and made our own clay heads using different techniques. When they were dry, we painted them. We think they turned out fantastic!
We also sketched and painted one of our favourite Christmas characters – The Grinch!
Maps
This term we spent some time looking at maps. We explored the world on Google Maps an used it to help us make a birds eye view map of our school.
This term we spent some time looking at maps. We explored the world on Google Maps an used it to help us make a birds eye view map of our school.
Spelling
We have been using fun ways to practice our spellings in school.
We have been using fun ways to practice our spellings in school.
Cavan
There was great excitement in Room 6 when Cavan won the Ulster Championship! On that Monday, we made Cavan decorations for our school and we wore our Cavan tops. We were super excited on Tuesday when Chris Conroy visited our school. Darragh even treated us to a few traditional tunes on his mandolin!
There was great excitement in Room 6 when Cavan won the Ulster Championship! On that Monday, we made Cavan decorations for our school and we wore our Cavan tops. We were super excited on Tuesday when Chris Conroy visited our school. Darragh even treated us to a few traditional tunes on his mandolin!
Projects
We have been working hard every week on different research projects. Some of the topics we have researched include famous scientists, Croke Park, Irish presidents, Christmas around the world and Ancient Greece!
We have been working hard every week on different research projects. Some of the topics we have researched include famous scientists, Croke Park, Irish presidents, Christmas around the world and Ancient Greece!
Irish Festivals
We worked in school to research ancient Irish festivals in pairs in our pods. Some of us learned about Samhain, some learned about Bealtaine and others learned about Imbolc. We made presentations using Google Slides and then we all took turns to present what we learned to the class.
Recount Writing
The past few weeks we have been working really hard on our recount writing. We looked at a lot of examples to find out what makes a good piece of recount writing. We found out that recount writing is always in the past tense and always in the correct order. We learned that in recount writing we tell about things that happen to us or to others. We learned that we tell about who was there, what happened, when it happened, where it happened and why it happened in that way. We also learned that great recounts use a lot of ‘time words’ especially at the start of paragraphs. We worked hard on the writing process – we made a plan, wrote our first draft, edited it and finally typed them on the Chromebooks to publish them. We really enjoyed recount writing! We have published some of our fantastic pieces on the school website.
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